Welcome to the fourth instalment of “Best of the Noughties”. After first focusing on music blogs, public art installations and amazing tracks, we’re now pinpointing our favourite documentary films of the last ten years.
Within the last decade, documentaries have exploded into the mainstream consciousness. Although the format traditionally existed on the fringes of popular culture, in-your-face filmmaker Michael Moore brought that to an end with the 2004 release of Fahrenheit 9/11, which made over $222 million at the box office and was the highest grossing documentary of all time.
The public now craves documentaries, voracious in their quest to absorb knowledge and information from all parts of the world. Whether the films are activating a switch for policy change, or shining a light on overlooked artists, ‘00s documentaries tend towards a common theme: the epic struggle. The best part is, when you’ve finished viewing a good specimen, you are safe in the knowledge that no greedy film executive deceived you -- it was all real.
From community gardeners in L.A. to Sudanese refugees, news editor Ari Stein whittled down the decade’s documentaries for your viewing pleasure.
The Kid Stays In the Picture, 2002
The making and downfall of major Hollywood producer Robert Evans, whose life permeated every aspect of La La Land in the ‘70s and ‘80s. An astonishing and insightful documentary that gives one a real sense of what it feels like to have everything and then lose it.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, 2008
The strange tale of what one totally psychotic woman does to destroy the fabric of a close family. This documentary needs to be seen to be believed, and even then, you'll still be shaking your head and at a loss for words.
Cinematic Oracles
Johannes Bonke meets with four legendary filmmakers to get their thoughts on the current state of cinema and their un...
Creations d’art by Frédérique Morrel
Stools, sofas and strange animal heads coated with dancers, flowers, sceneries and sometimes even naked bodies. This...
Matthew Rainwaters - Shoot Pictures Not People
What do you feel photographing a woman who stabbed her abusive husband 193 times? How do you get the right light-expo...
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